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UK economy ‘faces crisis’ warns former IMF economist – BBC News
His comments to the BBC came as G7 finance ministers discussed the growing crisis in some Eurozone nations. Treasury sources said all three major credit …

In Compromise, Iraq Court to Review Candidates – New York Times
BAGHDAD — Iraq staggered toward a resolution of its election crisis on Sunday as the country's leaders gave an appeals court time to …

Crisis-hit Toyota ’set to announce recall of 270000 Prius cars to fix brake fault’ – Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Crisis-hit Toyota is gearing up to recall hundreds of thousands of its hybrid Prius cars as the firm faces mounting pressure over …

Dexia, EU Agree on Restructuring – Wall Street Journal
The lender, which was handed a â‚¬6.4 billion ($8.7 billion) lifeline when it became engulfed in debt during the credit crisis, promised to sell off about 35% …

Geithner Says EU to Manage Greece Debt Crisis With ‘Great Care’ – BusinessWeek
Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — US Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said that European officials offered a comprehensive review of …

Big Confidence Crisis For France’s Cornet – New York Times
… exit in the Fed Cup after losing their first two singles to the US on Saturday with French number one Alize Cornet suffering a severe confidence crisis. …

Gov. Jim Gibbons to address state’s budget crisis Monday night – Nevada Appeal
Jim Gibbons will address the state Monday night in a televised speech designed to tell Nevadans how serious the state's budget crisis is. …

Debt crisis unsettles European economy – Washington Post
Greece's economy has suffered from a major deficit crisis. (Marita Pappa/associated Press) By Anthony Faiola LONDON — Governments in Athens, …

Battle Creek church rebuilding after fiscal crisis – Chicago Tribune
We're in crisis mode. Now we have to roll up our sleeves." Douglas has a penchant for confronting the reality of this church's time of crisis, …

Twitter Activity Snapshot for Greece Debt Crisis

Why so many of my favourite bands has decided to come here in this spring/summer. I don’t have money for all tickets. Crisis!
@HumanOfToonces Haha, that’s awesome. Poor guy going through a mid-life crisis is so clueless!
thesis crisis (somewhat) averted. feeling much better now, but somehow i predict that tears will be shed before this thesis is finished…
Stress is short for distress.Stress triggers a flood of hormones that sacrifice healthy organs in order to solve the crisis.
RT @producergirl: That is a real crisis! RT @navarrotells OK, south florida is officially out of Chicken wings at the supermarket it must be Super Bowl Sunday
Cardiff City News: Midfield Crisis– http://cardiffcity.gloryfootball.com/2010/02/07/midfield-crisis/
That is a real crisis! RT @navarrotells OK, south florida is officially out of Chicken wings at the supermarket it must be Super Bowl Sunday
News: Toyota a perfect case study in poor crisis management – Business Daily Africa http://bit.ly/avSSth
RT @TopProsTopPicks: Where Will the Next Crisis Hit– http://www.moneyshow.com/video/video.asp–wid=5043&t=3&scode=012789
Job Creation Key to Ending Economic Crisis http://bit.ly/afE9i3 via @AFLCIO
Alright back to the grind. Apparently the snake crisis is over….
3 News Latest Video NZ and Oz came through financial crisis well http://bit.ly/aeVT7y
@Laa_Vaa @KanchanGupta Media will claim credit for bringing a crisis facing the nation (MNIK release) to peaceful closure. Padma Shri any1
RT @bakadesuyo: Blame the childish, ignorant American public–not politicians–for our political and economic crisis: http://su.pr/1WFX2t
RT @socialmedia2day: Crisis Management & Social Media Vodafone gained Twitter followers after bad tweet http://bit.ly/cmiBjU #socialmedia

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Greece Debt Crisis: Recent News

Greeks protest over debt crisis
George Papandreou faces mounting unrest as he tries to fix the â‚¬300bn debt problemFor the first time in the modern history of Greece, anti-government protesters last night pitched tents outside the large standstone building of the Athenian parliament amid growing public anger and unprecedented international concern over the country’s dire public finances.As Greeks attempt to get to grips with an economic crisis that has begun to spill over the borders of their tiny state into the rest of Europe, the sight of tents lined up in Sydagma Square has conjured the mood of the nation: one that is veering, perilously, between bewilderment and despair.”It is a simple issue of survival,” said Anna Tsounara, a protester sitting in a tent lined with sleeping bags and blankets. “I am a divorced mother-of-two. I have never demonstrated like this before but now I want answers. All of us here worked in the public sector on contracts for years and now we are told the state is bankrupt by a government that comes in and says it wants to get rid of us. Just like that. That’s not fair.”Tsounara is not alone.

Greek strikes threaten plans to tackle debt crisis
Customs and tax officials walk out in first action against government austerity programmeGreek customs and tax officials walked off the job today in the first strike against a government austerity programme designed to lift Greece out of a debt crisis that has shaken the entire European Union.The 48-hour customs strike is expected to choke imports entering the market until next week, as the walkout will end just as the weekend begins. Fuel supplies in particular are likely to be badly affected.Greece is under intense pressure from markets and other EU governments to bring its budget deficit down from 12.7% of economic output last year to 2% in 2013. Doubts about Greece’s finances have affected market sentiment toward the debt of Portugal and Spain, two other countries struggling with deficits.Market worries focus on the risk that political resistance to cutbacks will keep Greece from sticking to its plan. A Greek default would be a serious blow to the shared euro currency, but Greece and the EU say that won’t happen.Greece’s prime minister, George Papandreou, is pushing austerity measures such as a blanket civil service pay freeze, higher retirement ages and an increase in fuel tax ” although he has not given details. The EU has backed the plan but warned it may demand even more cutbacks.The EU economy commissioner, Joaqin Almunia, called the Greek programme “achievable” and a European commission report pressed Greece to tackle problems of competitiveness, including high public and private sector wage levels.Wages are one of the few levers eurozone governments have to make their economies more competitive because the 16 members of the shared currency cannot unilaterally devalue the euro or change interest rates to calm rising prices.Greece has agreed to report regularly to the EU on what it is doing, starting in mid-March.But unions, which had so far been muted, have begun reacting. The customs and tax officials’ strike will be followed next Wednesday by a nationwide 24-hour civil servants’ strike, while one of Greece’s largest umbrella unions, GSEE, which represents private sector works, is aiming to call a 24-hour strike on 24 February.Farmers have already been blocking major highways across the country on and off for about three weeks, frequently closing the northern border with Bulgaria and hampering the transportation of goods.

European Commission to support Greek plans to tackle debt crisis
¢ Greece intends to cut and tax its way out of debt¢ Credibility and stability of single currency under threatThe European Commission is to voice support on Wednesday for the embattled Greek government’s attempt to cut and tax its way out of a debt and deficit crisis that will have a large impact on the credibility and stability of Europe’s single currency.But Brussels also signalled wariness and caution today over the plans, calling for further action beyond that mooted by prime minister George Papandreou and hoping to introduce the most intrusive scrutiny of an EU member state’s bookkeeping ever attempted.The commission is to report on the Greek government’s drive to slash a ballooning budget deficit from almost 13 to 3% in three years, including a 4% reduction this year ” a feat that strains credulity for many observers.While the big eurozone economies, crucially Germany, repeat the mantra that there can be no bailout for a single currency country in the throes of a public finances crisis and at risk of defaulting, plans are being hatched behind the scenes in Brussels to come to the aid of the Greeks if push comes to shove.”The eurogroup has powers and mechanisms,” said a senior official in Brussels of the 16 countries using the single currency. “For political reasons there can be no bailout, but the eurogroup can act with the Greeks to reform. We have a monetary union, a system for supporting the currency, interdependence.”The commission today described the Papandreou plan as risky but plausible, while signalling that it did not go far enough.”What we are saying to the Greek authorities is: your stability programme has established ambitious targets and objectives and we fully endorse these ambitious objectives,” the outgoing commissioner for monetary affairs, JoaquÃn Almunia, said.”We consider that the achievement of these objectives in the coming three years, before the end of 2012, is absolutely necessary. These objectives are achievable but they are surrounded by risks,” he said.While Almunia praised the Greek end, but not necessarily the means, the German foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, told a Greek newspaper that Berlin was standing by Athens. Germany’s economics minister, Rainer BrÃ¼derle, however, reiterated previous dismissals of any talk of bailing out the Greeks.With Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy also wrestling with soaring budget deficits coupled with chronic national debt levels, the Germans are anxious about the moral hazard of coming to the rescue of the weakest link in the eurozone lest that encourage others to demand similar treatment.The Greek crisis, which erupted in October when the Papandreou government came to power and disclosed serial lying and obfuscation over years of budget data and fiscal policies, is seen as the biggest test the single currency has confronted.Last week traders were offloading euros at the fastest rate since the Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008, while the euro has been weakening against the US dollar and the pound sterling in recent months, good news for German exporters. The Greeks are currently having to pay almost twice as much as the Germans to sell government debt.Given the record of dismal bookkeeping and the lack of transparency over Greek economic data, the commission is to demand that its statistical arm, Eurostat, be given unprecedented powers to audit Greek government accounts down to the levels of tax collection, pension funds, hospital spending and the like.EuropeGlobal economyGlobal recessionEuropean commissionGreeceIan Traynorguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds.